I noticed that there are 6350 members who have 0 posts. Do members accounts ever become deleted over time? Is there a period they must post in? Or a period of inactivity?

[in_mommy]

Hmm, not sure on that. I didnt realize there were that many with 0 posts.

[1shortmomma]

I think I remember Patty or Teresa saying that at one time they used to delete them but they don't anymore...I could be wrong though.

[Admin-pattyandthemoos]

We used to delete members accounts after they were inactive for a period of time. But we haven't deleted accounts in a long time. We have a lot of members that register and read the forums and may not feel comfortable or ready to join in for a while. I have seen members join and not post their first post until a year later.

do you think any are just creeps out the- sorry i just feel weird knowin their could be alot like that. ive seen people who have made up storys and lifes and been fake before that was freaky.

[Athey]

There really isn't much point in deleting inactive member accounts. They don't really take up any server space or resources - their account info just just a few lines of text in a database, so being there isn't really causing any harm.


Some are probably lurkers, some probably dropped by, signed up, and then never came back (I know I've done that on a few boards from time-to-time).

And it's not like just being registered gives you access to things that non-registered users can't see. All of the hidden or passworded forums still require that you contact an admin for access, and they require a certain number of posts before they let you in.